Across
- 1. The mental state or intent of the person committing the crime.
- 2. Specific conditions or facts that must be present for the crime to occur.
- 4. Requires the intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm with premeditation.
- 6. If the defendant was induced by law enforcement to commit a crime they otherwise would not have committed
- 7. The occurrence of damage, injury, or another negative consequence resulting from the criminal act.
- 8. The legal connection between the defendant's conduct and the harm that occurred
- 11. Events that occur after the defendant's act but before the harm.
- 14. Failing to feed a dependent child, leading to harm or death.
- 17. The person acts with a disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk.
- 18. the defendant intended to engage in the act itself, but not necessarily to achieve a specific result.
- 20. those where the perpetrator not only intends to perform the criminal act but also aims to bring about a particular result or consequence.
Down
- 1. If the defendant honestly and reasonably believed in a fact that would make the act non-criminal
- 3. Involves unlawfully entering a structure with the intent to commit a crime, typically theft, inside.
- 5. Unforeseeable, extraordinary events that break the chain of causation and relieve the defendant of liability.
- 9. The defendant's actions must have caused the harm or result.
- 10. The requirement that the actus reus and mens rea occur simultaneously.
- 12. The person fails to be aware of a substantial risk that constitutes a deviation from the standard of care.
- 13. Striking someone with the intent to harm.
- 15. The offender has a distinct purpose or objective in committing the act.
- 16. Involves altering a document with the intent to defraud.
- 19. Liability Certain crimes do not require proof of intent, only that the act was committed.
- 21. The act is done with the intent to achieve a specific result.